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Thursday, July 15, 2010

I think that stopping to give thanks is a way of humbling ourselves in order to view the blessings in our lives as a true gift and not something that we are owed. Not everyone has the same gifts. I want to remind myself that there are people who do not have the luxuries of my "problems". There is always someone who has it more difficult than me. I have known my share of pain and loss, but I have also been given a life filled with spectacular treasures in the people who surround me, the opportunities that have been given to me and the overall life that I live. I need this reminder so that I can be truly grateful!

The five things I am thankful for are: 1.) Little Chick and my family.2.) Friends, both new and old, that are there for me and love me unconditionally.3.) My ability to evaluate my actions and try to improve when and where I can.4.) My never ending strength to get through things, no matter how difficult or how alone I might be.5.) Rain after a long dry spell and for puddles that Little Chick can have fun jumping in to!

Hey everyone, please go and visit my great blog friend Ashlee at Love Comma Ashlee! She went through a rough patch as we all do sometimes and it would be so nice if we could show her some blog love! You will love her blog!

I think I need to let my kids run free and splash into water like that. Little Chick looks like she's having so much fun. I love your post, it really got me thinking about how grateful I should be for good health, a lovely family, my talents and skills and especially for my healthy and happy little family. Thanks for the lovely reminder :-)

Her smile is infectious. Love the idea of dedicating a day to thanksgiving, and not having to make a whole turkey. As moms we can so often forget what's good in our lives--we have much to be grateful for!

I love photos of kids jumping in puddles. It makes me want to dance in the rain. :) I am going to link back to Thanksgiving Thursday and your blog later on when I type up my post. I'll send you the link as soon as I can.

I posted on my blog that once we have kids, every day is Mother's day. In essence every day should be Thanksgiving, too. I love the idea of taking time out once a week (as opposed to once a year in November) to remember all we have to be thankful for. I am thankful I'm a part of your inspirational blog world. Thank you, Mama Hen!-EW

Love the pictures! I just linked up for my first Thanksgiving Thursday! This was a good thing for me today! I was having one of "those days" today, and writing this list made me remember what I am thankful for!

Nope, didn't get any email from you on my new blog. Sigh this is so frustrating. You're the 2nd person to ever so kindly to report this to me. I don't know whether there are anymore cases like you guys.

It's really weird-ing me out here cos others are able to post their comments but not you guys.

Do you mind telling me what web browser are you on (IE 6/7/8?) and you are accessing using laptop? PDA? etc? You can email me at:imafulltimemummy (at) gmail (dot) com

Oooh...I'm jealous of your jumping in the water pictures! I've been waiting for my kids to do this, but seems like it's only raining (storming) in the middle of the night. Yesterday it was 100 degrees here and not a cloud in sight - yucky!

I had to smile at your comment; do you know I only have ONE picture up in my home that I have taken of my kids? I was just talking to my husband about that last night. The other pictures are done by professionals, and I was just saying...maybe I should put some of mine up in frames. Silly, huh!

I'm sorry, I don't know how to post a video on blogger...hmmm. Took me about a week to figure out how to post a picture - LOL! :-)